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Coasting down the hill towards a red light, it changed so I rolled through. A second or two earlier and it would have been a bit cheeky but it was no longer fully red and was at a turn-in a one-way street. This apparently displeased the mug on the On One waiting at the lights, because he overtook me and aggressively cut in front missing my front wheel by about an inch. I mentioned this to him at the next lights;
Him: "Yeah but you jumped the red light back there so you're giving the rest of us a bad name, so as far as I'm concerned you don't exist."
Me: "So if someone does something wrong in your eyes they don't exist , and I'm giving us a bad name?" God help any pedestrians in front of this guy.
Him: "Go on, jump this light, I really really hope you get hit by a car, that would make my day that would." Classy.
Perhaps if he didn't cycle with mirrored sunglasses to match his silver cycling outfit like some kind of bargain-basement Robocop he might be able to tell red from yellow.
Fashion tip: mirrored shades are not a strong look if you have a face like Gareth Southgate having an allergic reaction.
A chippy was unloading his van and was delighted to see cyclists arguing with each other instead of him so at least it made his day.